When someone dies, most people automatically call a funeral home. However, it has only very recently been this way. The profession of funeral director, along with the related array of goods and services comprising the American funeral industry, emerged in the latter 19th century and flourished over the 20th century. This century, however, a broad … Continue reading Green Burial: Reclaiming Our Dead and Their Death
Long-time members of WUS have many memories of good experiences with food in community – Circle Dinners, Pie Sunday, holiday potlucks, the Chili Cook Off, the Spaghetti Dinner. This Sunday, in preparation for Earth Day, we will explore the connections between growing and sharing food, planetary health, spiritual healing and social justice. This sevice will … Continue reading Earth Communion: Reclaiming Our Connection Through Food
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Join the WUS Choirs and guest musicians in a celebration of perseverance over adversity. In March of 2020, we had planned to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a service of his music. Like so much over the last three years, this program has been on hold. We are delighted to finally present this glorious and … Continue reading Music Sunday – The Music of Beethoven
WUS member Marcy Tompson draws from her experience as a therapist to consider the power of truly noticing the world around us. What would it be like if we had the capacity to be fully present to our everyday relationships? Growing in gratitude often begins with noticing. Lets explore this possibility together… Order Of Service … Continue reading Noticing as a Spiritual Practice
WUS has a long partnership with the UU Urban Ministry. This Sunday, the UUUM Executive Director and Senior Minister, the Rev. Mary Margaret Earl, leads us in worship, asking the question “How do the lessons from tending, trying, failing and trying again teach us to keep moving our justice work forward?” Order Of Service for … Continue reading The Gardener’s Guide to Justice
What brings you to a congregation? The music? The sense of community? The potlucks? All of the above…or reasons you can’t quite identify? This service will explore the idea of a congregation as a place of life-long learning, not just learning information but learning about the world and our place within it, especially in regards … Continue reading Educating for Liberation
It is often said that it is love that makes the world go round. However, without doubt, it is friendship which keeps our spinning existence on an even keel. WUS member Stephen Perepeluk reflects on the special bonds that bring joy to our lives. The theme of friendship will also be celebrated by welcoming the … Continue reading The Blessing of Friendship
What does it mean to lean into joy because of our identities? Join guest minister, the Rev. Laura Solomon from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, to consider queer joy and how we might find it – regardless of and because of who we are! Order Of Service for Sunday Worship: OOS 2.26.23 Link for … Continue reading Queerly Joyful and Joyfully Queer
